SecTask.h   [plain text]


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#ifndef _SECURITY_SECTASK_H_
#define _SECURITY_SECTASK_H_

#include <CoreFoundation/CoreFoundation.h>
#include <mach/message.h>
#include <Security/SecCode.h>

#if defined(__cplusplus)
extern "C" {
#endif

/*!
    @typedef SecTaskRef
    @abstract CFType used for representing a task
*/
typedef struct __SecTask *SecTaskRef;

/*!
    @function SecTaskGetTypeID
    @abstract Returns the type ID for CF instances of SecTask.
    @result A CFTypeID for SecTask
*/
CFTypeID SecTaskGetTypeID(void);

/*!
    @function SecTaskCreateWithAuditToken
    @abstract Create a SecTask object for the task that sent the mach message
    represented by the audit token.
    @param token The audit token of a mach message
    @result The newly created SecTask object or NULL on error.  The caller must
    CFRelease the returned object.
*/
SecTaskRef SecTaskCreateWithAuditToken(CFAllocatorRef allocator, audit_token_t token);

/*!
    @function SecTaskCreateFromSelf
    @abstract Create a SecTask object for the current task.
    @result The newly created SecTask object or NULL on error.  The caller must
    CFRelease the returned object.
*/
SecTaskRef SecTaskCreateFromSelf(CFAllocatorRef allocator);

/*!
    @function SecTaskCopyValueForEntitlement
    @abstract Returns the value of a single entitlement for the represented 
    task.
    @param task A previously created SecTask object
    @param entitlement The name of the entitlement to be fetched
    @param error On a NULL return, this may be contain a CFError describing
    the problem.  This argument may be NULL if the caller is not interested in
    detailed errors.
    @result The value of the specified entitlement for the process or NULL if
    the entitlement value could not be retrieved.  The type of the returned
    value will depend on the entitlement specified.  The caller must release
    the returned object.
    @discussion A NULL return may indicate an error, or it may indicate that
    the entitlement is simply not present.  In the latter case, no CFError is
    returned.
*/
CFTypeRef SecTaskCopyValueForEntitlement(SecTaskRef task, CFStringRef entitlement, CFErrorRef *error);

/*!
    @function SecTaskCopyValuesForEntitlements
    @abstract Returns the values of multiple entitlements for the represented 
    task.
    @param task A previously created SecTask object
    @param entitlements An array of entitlement names to be fetched
    @param error On a NULL return, this will contain a CFError describing
    the problem.  This argument may be NULL if the caller is not interested in
    detailed errors.  If a requested entitlement is not present for the 
    returned dictionary, the entitlement is not set on the task.  The caller
    must CFRelease the returned value
*/
CFDictionaryRef SecTaskCopyValuesForEntitlements(SecTaskRef task, CFArrayRef entitlements, CFErrorRef *error);

#if defined(__cplusplus)
}
#endif

#endif /* !_SECURITY_SECTASK_H_ */